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Following the heinous terror attacks in New Zealand, the Australian government canceled visa for British far-right political commentator Milo Yiannopoulos after he was expected to visit the country.
According to the Guardian, the Australian Immigration Minister David Coleman criticized the way Yiannopoulos spoke about Islam. On Saturday Coleman said that the public speaker’s comments are «appalling and foment hatred and division».
This decision was taken after Australian Labor spokesman for citizenship and culturalism Tony Burke urged the Immigration minister to «treat far-right extremism as it would other forms of extremism».
«If someone wants to come to Australia and we know that they’ve been speaking in support of values that have given rise to other forms of terrorism, we don’t give them a visa», Burke said.
For the record, the Australian terrorist who opened fire on Muslim worshipers at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, was inspired by far-right politicians and figures. In a manifesto published two weeks before the attack, the terrorist described immigrants as «enemies».
The attacks, which were filmed by the terrorist and shared online, took the lives of 49 people and injured many others.
